The Brookhaven leader., 1887-10-27
BROOKRAVEN, MISS.
The Best and Most Attractive
Town on the l. e. Rail-
road SOuth OF Jackson.
its Location, Size, ii ea,thfulness'
and other Points of interest
which the .trang"r Wishes
to Know.
The city of Il, ookhaven Is located on

The city OF d ookhaven Is located ON
The Illinois eniral Railroad. l2J miles
north of New Orleans. ~ miles south
Of Jackson. the State Cap tai. and $50
miles south of Chicago. t is ..09 feet
above tidewat,r. and is tie highest
point on the illinois Central Railroad
between the Gulf OF Mexico and FOLLY
Springs, Miss. 200 III les tn the north.
1t is the county site of Lincoln county,
where all county business is transacted.
Ind is the only town in the county ex-
sept Bogue Ch,too.a snail place situated
en- miles soutn Tho corporate limits
embrace II ,Tuare ME, OF W hch the
abroad depot is the centre. its streets
ire we'll paved with brick and gravel,
IN such thing rs mud and slush l.
hardly known. Many OF the streets
IRE lincI with wafer oak and other
,hade trees and the IN lroad park forms
an attractive feature of Railroad av-
nue. The houses of the city are well
quilt and substantial. TLOsc in the
business district are mainly Of brick,
while the residences are uniformly
:ramc. ami many OF them quite stately
ind handsome. Out number vi
handsome new residences and business
iuuScs have been erected during the
Iast two years. and many others en-
argcd or otherwise improved
Bus.nrss \. iect.
The business of Rrookhaven Is OF q
staple and promising ch"ra ter. The
record WI show that there. Ravc been
ever fa lures among her u ness men
han in any ot .cr town of i>e size In
he State. 1t is the market and trading
point of n majority o. the people OF the
county .a> well us Il very lar@e proportion
rom Franklin, Jefferson and Lawrence
cunt es. The di%crcnt bus ness and
profess oull vocations represented are
richly summed up rs follows: Tween
ty-li"e general me camille Losses three
lrur storrs; three millinery stores; two
bakeries; four ho'e and two !.oarding
houses; two staurants and fancy gro
Gerry sores; one undertaken and hard
ware store one store and lin Louise; one
furniture house; thee boot anil shoe
a.rrs; two dental o!!:ccs; one photo
s"aph gallery; two newspapers; one
icwcler; four phys clans. seven lawyers;
two insurance agencies; ono foundry;
one nlachinis. AID general reraircr.
pAe blacksmith shop an one b!lc. smith
and wagon shop; two livery Stables
six carpenters; three bari ers. one mar
lct house. and one real IS ate agency.
A number o: our mercantile houses
carry stocks which in sizs. variety and
I"aity. CON pare favoribly with those
# places of much greater size, Tne
II ds of employees and dependents. and
nc $ urly agri' II t;lr;sl population. W II
>"s ain and conlinu. lily me- ease our
commercial Importance.
,o,ua alton u d ?roperty Valuation.
BY the census of $50, the io;al pop
uIation within the city $ shown 10 BIZ
,Glj-lhe whites being largely in the
major ty. At this time he number will
lrt fall below 1000 and if We except
he manufacturing town of Wesson,
IN miles north. it is the largest of any
town on the Illinois Central between
Icw Orleans and jackson. AS a rule,
the peopl" are intelligent, highly cul-
tured, industrious. social and Hospital
bic Nearly all OF the foreign popula-
ton of the county is conccn rated here,
embracing o number of different ma
tionalities, but all harmonizing and
mingiing together as citizens of COM
mon country without the least discord.
The Jewish is the preponderat n g foreign
element, and here a> elsewhere its rep
resentativcs are numbered among our
most responsible. energetic and public
spirited mcr, hants AMI business men.
Our town does not show a rapid in
crease of wealth, but its growth is
steady and healthy. The assessed val
uat on of property for 1886 Is as fol-
lows: Realty. 800, O2O; personally,
Sl77.992; total. S437.016
The financial status of the city is ex-
cellent 1t is out of debt and its war;
rants at par. Neither arc taxes exorb-
liant, the levy for 1886 being y mills,
including school tax.
All tho business portion of the city is
provided with large public cisterns, and
q good hand-engiue and hook and lad
der apparatus. operated by four COM
panies of well organized volunteer fire.
men, furnish reasonable safety from
tho destruction of the fire iend.
society, schools, and Churches.
Brookhaven has ever been noted for
she beauty of her women and the gal
lantry of her men, and in point of in
telligence, culture and animation
her society circles will compare favora-
bly, with those of any other community.
Bishop C, B. Galloway. of the M. E
Church, South; Hon. j. b. Chrisman,
Judge of the Tenth Judicial District;
Hon. j. +. Sessions, President of the
Mississippi Railroad Commission; Pres
ident Fitzhugh. of Whitworth College,
and many others of high social position
and intelligence reside here. 4...r.
With schools our city is highly fav-
ored First and foremost of thasa ia